Strap-holder for safety-pins.



No. 654,038; Patented m l7, I900.

I J. v. WASHBURNE.

STRAP HOLDER FOR SAFETY PINS.

(Application filed Au ls, 1898. BonewudJDec. 11, use.

(No Model.)

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FFEQEQ JAMES V. WVASHBURNE, OF XVATERBURY, CONNECTICUT.

STRAP-HOLDER FOR SAFETY-PINS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 654,038, dated July 17, 1900. Applioation filed August 3, 1898. Renewed December 11, 1899. Serial No. 740,016. (No model.)

To ail whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, JAMES V. WASHBURNE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Waterbury,in the county of New Haven and State of Connecticut, have invented an Improvement in Strap-Holders for Safety-Pins, &c., of which the following is a specification.

The present invention is available in personal wear in general and is made for lessening the expense of manufacture, for facilitating the assembling of the parts, and for effectually preventing the slide-band from becoming detached when in use or injured in consequence of the strain upon the strap.

In connection with the frame for the buckle-supporter or safety-pin having substantially-parallel sides I make use of a slide or band adapted to be sprung over the outside of the frame, such slide being elongated and having a slot for passing over the frame, and this slide is preferably of wire bent into the elongated shape and adapted to be sprung over the substantially-parallel sides of the frame, and the ends of the wire come toward each other, so that the strap is passed around such ends and adjacent to the side of the frame at one end thereof, so that the pull upon the strap tends to draw the Wire of the slide toward the frame and also to clamp the strap against the end cross-bar of the frame, and advantageously the end portions of the wire are turned outward and may be more or less pointed, so as to press against or engage the surface of the strap.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a side View representing the improvement as applied to a safety-pin, and Fig. 2 is a plan view showing the slide with the side portions of the frame in section. Fig. 3 is a cross-section through the strap.

The safety-pin, buckle-supporter, or similar article is of any desired size, character, or construction, with the exception that the side portions 2 2 of the frame are parallel, or nearly so. I prefer to make the frame a part of the Wire of the safety-pin and have shown such wire as coiled at 3 and formed as a pin at 4;, and the guard 5, that receives the end of the pin, is to be of sheet metal or other suitable material; but in consequence of the frame portion of the safety-pin being made by an offset bend forming the sides 2 of the frame and the bar 6 the strain of the strap is taken upon the vbar 6 of the frame.

The slide 7 is made of metal with a long central opening, so that the slide and pin, buckle, or other article-can be assembled by simply springing the slide 7 over the substantially-parallel sides 2 of the frame, and with this object in view one side of the slide can be made with a bend at 8, that gives a certain amount of elasticity or spring to the slide widthwise, and this port-ion 8 comes above the bar 6 and prevents the slide from slipping off the frame portion, and the ends 9 of the slide come toward each other and are preferably turned outward and made more or less pointed.

In applying the strap to this holder it is to be passed around one side of the slide, and it will draw against the bar 6, and hence the strap will be confined againstthe bar by the twofold action of the side pressure and the tension, producing a clamping action, and to this is added the holding action of the ends 9, which press against or penetrate the fabric of the strap more or less, so that the holder is efficient and prevents the strap slipping around the slide or in the frame.

It will be apparent that in consequence of the strap passing around the ends of the wire of the slide the ends are held within and by I the strap, and it is impossible for the parts to open or separate.

In this improvement the parts can be bent to shape separately, and the slide has simply to be slipped and sprung over the frame when the parts are put together, and the expense of bending the wire or forming channels in the frame for the cross-bar are entirely avoided.

I claim as my invention- 1. In a buckle, safety-pin or supporter having a frame with substantially-parallel sides and a connecting-bar,a slide extending around and embracing the parallel-sided frame and sliding thereon and having an oblong opening which transversely is narrower than the thickness of the connecting-bar of the frame, the slide being adapted to be sprung over the frame and to have the strap passed around one of the members of the slide so that the tension on the strap acts to pull the slide in a plane parallel to the plane of the frame and draw the slide toward the cross-bar of the have the strap passed around one member and over its outward-turned ends so that the ten- I 5 sion on the strap acts to pull the slide toward the cross-bar and in aplane parallel to the frame so as to cause the slide and cross-bar and the said ends to coact in gripping and holding the strap, substantially as set forth. :0

Signed by me this 5th day of June, 1898.

JAMES V. WASHBURNE.

Witnesses:

ROBERT A. LOWE, INA S. BRIGGSi 

